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I hope they have more class than to do that to one of the greatest players the team has ever had.
And the suggestion that they should treat him badly that way is based on the entirely empty idea that the problem is Donald. There are no real grounds for that assumption. Yet some act as if it's known, verified, and true.
On top of it, the idea that a player of Donald's stature would sit still for a lowball tag number and be treated like that seems like a stretch to me. If it came to that, if he just stayed out and demanded a trade, what choice would the Rams have.
I think most of this "blame Donald" angst comes from the mistaken idea that the team can't fit Donald and Goff and keep other players too within the cap. Sure they can.
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"Problem" is a loaded word. It's safer to say that the ball is in AD's court. While I lack any knowledge to verify, I have to assume that the Team has made an offer to AD. And I'll take that assumption a step further and say that AD, or his agents, or both, feel he can get more.
When we're talking the likely numbers that we're talking (Say, between 75 & 110 million) I have a hard time wrapping my mind around the term "Lowball".
This ends the moment AD decides, or doesn't decide, to put his signature on a contract. There is no "blame" to assign, but it is up to AD how long, and how far this goes. The Rams DO have to think of the future entire team while AD only has to think about himself. Then we see who flinches first.
For the record, I suspect the hold up is his agents who want to make a name for themselves moreso than AD himself. This feels very much like a Pace/Postons replay.
